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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

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Law 1523 of 2012 on risk management. Law 1715 of 2014 on non-conventional renewable energy sources. Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. Resolution 40807 of 2018 of the Ministry of Mines and Energy on the Climate Change Management Plan for the Energy Sector. Law 629 of 2000 on the Kyoto Protocol.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. Second Circuit Rejected Challenges to Connecticut Renewable Energy Programs. State Air Resources Board , No. S241948 (Cal. June 28, 2017).

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An Effective Strategy on Climate Change Requires State Action

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the Departments of Interior and Energy). In the first decade-plus of this Century, about half of the states actively sought to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean energy alternatives to coal. By 2012, 20 to 25 states had developed state climate plans. commitments under the Paris Agreement.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court found that a 2012 no-jeopardy determination was unsupported, arbitrary, and capricious because it did not account for the owl’s recovery. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C. States Filed Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Changes to the Endangered Species Act Regulations. National Review, Inc. ,

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‘Investor-State Dispute Settlement’ as a new avenue for climate change litigation

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At least 13 climate-related ISDS cases filed between 2012 and the present were identified. We have identified at least 13 climate-related ISDS cases filed between 2012 and the present. Claims were launched after schemes were amended to reduce the level of incentives as renewables became more competitive over time.

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30 Years of U.S. Climate Policy

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EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, established in litigation in 2007, now seems beyond question. remains a party to the UNFCCC , helped broker the Paris Agreement, and is till a party to that agreement today. should not enter into any climate agreement that fails to limit emissions from developing countries.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court rejected Berkeley’s jurisdictional grounds for dismissal (standing and ripeness) but found that the association failed to demonstrate that EPCA expressly preempted Berkeley’s ordinance because the ordinance “does not directly regulate either energy use or energy efficiency of covered appliances.” 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C.

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